- (B) Of the three methods presented, only having a computer generate a random list of names is an
example of random sampling. The first example illustrates random assignment and not random
sampling. Sampling is the process of choosing a group of participants from a population. Once
sampling has been completed, one might assign the participants to conditions as described in I.
Finally, approaching 50 students during a lunch period does not constitute random sampling even if
the person who picks the people tries to do so randomly. Remember that the word random has a
very specific meaning in the context of research. Random sampling means that all members of the
population had an equal chance of being selected, and people are unable to be so scrupulously
unbiased.
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